[Pidgin] #9401: conversation window should support ctrl+c as copying text

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Thu Jun 18 16:53:48 EDT 2009


#9401: conversation window should support ctrl+c as copying text
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Reporter:  yaoziyuan  |        Type:  enhancement                  
  Status:  new        |   Component:  pidgin (gtk)                 
 Version:  2.5.6      |    Keywords:  copy conversation text ctrl+v
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 we can already copy/paste text in the input box (where we type messages to
 send), but we can't copy text from the conversation window (the read-only
 text box that shows the conversation) with ctrl+c. i find this very
 desirable and, before it is supported, can cause misunderstandings between
 friends:

 imagine a user presses ctrl+c in the conversation window and believes it
 has copied the selected text and then goes to the input box for another
 buddy and presses ctrl+v and Enter (without checking if the text pasted is
 really what was just "copied"), he would actually have pasted something he
 copied to the clipboard earlier, which can be a password or other
 sensitive information.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9401>
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